http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1066004/posts "LOGAN AIRPORT: Marshals to monitor passenger behavior"
Union Leader ^ | 1/27/04 | JENNIFER PETER , AP
Posted on 01/27/2004 2:44:04 AM PST by kattracks
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "BOSTON — The federal air marshals who travel undercover through Logan International Airport each day will become the first in the country to use Israeli-style behavior pattern recognition training to scan the crowd for suspicious activity, according to the leader of the Boston field office.
An undisclosed number of Boston-based marshals have been trained by the state police unit at Logan, which launched the nation’s first such program in 2002 to identify potentially suspicious passengers for further questioning."
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1065781/posts "NIGERIA: Muslim fundamentalist uprising raises fears of terrorism"
IRIN News ^ | January 26, 2004 | unknown
Posted on 01/26/2004 4:18:48 PM PST by Gritty
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "LAGOS, 25 Jan 2004 (IRIN) - When a student-led Islamic sect launched an armed uprising last month with the aim of setting up a Taliban-style Muslim state in northern Nigeria, the authorities were swift to quell the insurrection.
However, political analysts and security officials fear the emergence of the Al Sunna Wal Jamma (Followers of the Prophet) group may be an indication that extremist Islamic groups have found enough foothold in Nigeria to make Africa's most populous country a theatre for worse sectarian violence than it has seen in recent years and acts of terrorism.
"What I find striking is that the group had operated in Nigeria for some time, had a cell network of members that included highly educated people and could use weapons," said Ike Onyekwere, a political analyst.
"Though they appear to have been put to flight, there is a chance they might still regroup and emerge in another, perhaps more deadly form," he added.
Strangers with no respect for traditions
Residents in Kanamma, a small town in Yobe State in northeast Nigeria, recall that the "strangers" first set up camp in the outskirts of the small town near the Niger border a year ago. They would come into town to preach to the people about how to attain Islamic purity."